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Intel's Server Stumble

Intel slips in its race to overtake its arch enemy, Advanced Micro Devices.

INTEL LACED ON ITS RUNNING SHOES this year to catch the fast Intel-compatible processors sold by Advanced Micro Devices. Unfortunately, Intel keeps tying its laces together. It disclosed another stumble last Monday, as it announced delays in its plans to deliver next-generation chips for the large data-center computers known as servers. Now, it'll be 2007 or later before Intel (ticker: INTC) offers much competition at the high-end of the server market -- where computers have four or more processors and where Advanced Micro (AMD)...